At a meeting of the Karnataka Cabinet in Bangalore on Friday, a majority of the ministers were understood to have favoured simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls, but a final decision is likely on February 4, according to sources.

Most ministers felt that simultaneous polls would be advantageous to the ruling Congress, according to the sources.

Chief Minister S M Krishna has so far remained noncommittal on the issue, but Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president B Janardhan Poojary has repeatedly stated that assembly and Lok Sabha elections would be held together.

After the Cabinet meeting, Information Minister G Parameshwara, however, said, "The issue whether to dissolve the state assembly or not to dissolve it did not come up for discussion today."